I sure hope that Alien never appears in a future episode of BATB. I deliberately didn't buy that set since the alien has never appeared in the show and just my luck he'll probably appear in a future episode once the pack is long gone from store shelves.

Now that I am collecting the BBATB I have decided to use the same mentality with collecting this toyline as I did collecting the Batman toyline. Which is that I only collect one of each figure and that will be the closest version to comic book/cartoon version of each character.

I know that Mattel and other toy companies like to make multiple versions of characters in toy form for those collectors who collect everything from a toyline and usually that is what I do. But sometimes I only collecting certain figures from a toyline and that is what I am going to do with the BBATB toyline.

For example, I will not be buying the BBATB two pack with Batman and the weird looking alien creature as that two pack does not have anything to do with the cartoon or Batman except for the Batman figure which I have no desire to own.

I also won't be buying all of the extra Batman figures that come with different accessorories. I only want one figure for each character unless something special warrants my buying more that one of a character, For example, I bought the Blue Beetle with his Bug vehicle because it was so super cool that I had to buy it. That means I'll end up with two different Blue Beetle figures as I plan on buying the deluxe Blue Beetle single figure if I ever find it. Even though the two Blue Beetle costumes are similar I want to have the comic book/cartoon accurate Blue Beetle, which is the deluxe single of Blue Beetle but the BB with the vehicle was too awesome to not own it and have it in my collection.

So far I have picked up Sportsmaster, The Atom, Black Manta, Aquaman and the Blue Beetle with the Bug vehicle. I know I have a ways to go to be caught up with BBATB but the few extra figures that I have found that I need had horrible paint apps.

Luckily, quite a few stores in my area carry the BBATB toyline so it's not as difficult to locate the figures I need as when I am looking for my JLU fix. It is very nice to be able to go to a store looking for a toy fix and actually be able to FIND SOME new figures that I need. It sure is different from the norm when I am out looking for my new JLU figures and never find anything new at all.

Now I just need to find someone to take all of my DCIH off of my hands since I no longer collect that toyline so I can make more room for my BBATB!

Sorry for being so long winded. I tend to do that once I get started talking.

Once again, thanks for getting me hooked and thanks for your time.

_________________I feel like a genius, mad scientist in a wheel chair...at least I got the wheel chair part right.

Actually I have seen the two pack in question for sale on Amazon.com as well as the transforming Batmobile/Batjet. I was tempted to order both but I want to wait and see how much both toys go for at the local stores first.

_________________I feel like a genius, mad scientist in a wheel chair...at least I got the wheel chair part right.

I ordered and received both the transforming Batmobile and the Grodd set from Amazon last week. The transforming Batmobile is amazing. I'm fairly impressed with the Grodd set too.

I shot some pictures, and also included some other lines for comparison at the request of various folks, including "The Batman" and JLU.

The Batman fits in the cockpit with a little finagling, but looks pretty good. Also, Grodd really looks nice with The Batman line. JLU Batman's cape keeps him out. I couldn't put my hands on a BTAS Batman in a hurry, but I bet he fits in there pretty well.

The good: Grodd has no hex holes in him at all. The armored Batman with him is pretty cool, too.

The bad: Grodd's helmet doesn't really fit JLU Grodd. And his pose is pretty predetermined, which brings me to ...

The ugly: Those hands. They are frozen in that position, and it's stupid. Apes don't walk on the backs of their hands, they walk on the knuckles. The hands are a separate plastic piece from the arms, though, so if I manage to get a second one, I will immediately reposition those suckers.

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